All the members of a team work at the same pace. all six members of the team, working together, are able to pour foundations in 48 hours. how many hours would this job take if only half of the team worked on this task?

96 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that there is an inverse relationship between the workers and time to complete the job.

Given: 6 members of the team working together, are able to pour foundations in 48 hours.

Let x be the hours would this job take if only half (3) of the team worked on this task.

We get,

This job would take 96 hours if only half of the team worked on this task.

-3

step-by-step explanation:

a drawing really does here:

so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3

good luck on your studies! : )

david edward.